by Shannon Turner | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
bio-1534494_640 Mariela brought us pears to eat in the park. The thought occurred to me to tell her about my grandmother, but the moment passed. Memaw loved pears. I brought them to her as gifts. Sometimes, I remember her knotted fingers curled around the bulbous...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 17, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
Mariela brought us pears to eatin the park. The thought occurred to meto tell her aboutmy grandmother,but the moment passed. Memaw loved pears.I brought them to her as gifts.Sometimes,I remember herknotted fingerscurled aroundthe bulbous bottomsas she cut one up,no...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog
I’m on a plane as I write this, headed to give a keynote and workshop for the good people at UNC-Wilmington and Coastal Youth Media Project. There’s nothing like travel to make us wake up, pay attention, become alive in all our sense. Inevitably when I fly I get...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog
I’m on a plane as I write this, headed to give a keynote and workshop for the good people at UNC-Wilmington and Coastal Youth Media Project. There’s nothing like travel to make us wake up, pay attention, become alive in all our sense. Inevitably when I fly I get...
by Shannon Turner | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog, national poetry month, poetry
memento moriremember that you shall dieas if I ever forgetas if my mind doesn’t wander offacross gray fieldsto stand next to myundecorated gravein effort to understand whyas if I don’t hypothesize aboutthe brave and noble deedI’ll do or the...
